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Flexibles
Kraft Foods 'hedges' for cost consistency
Food processor broadens cost-control strategy from ingredients into packaging materials thanks to new 'intermediaries.' Commodity-type contracts provide insurance against material price run-ups.
July 31, 1998

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Filling/capping, dry
Eastman Chemical Company: Eastman Chemical Company: Cosmetics jars
Colt's (Daysville, Conn.) has expanded its packaging line with new cosmetics jars suitable for makeup, loose powders, creams, face treatments and bath and body products.
July 31, 1998
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Flexible packaging
Tiger thermoforms paper/plastic structure for cheese
Swiss company is believed first to use cellulose in a thermoform/fill/seal package for shelf-stable packs of cheese. The 20-g packs of cheese were introduced in the U.S. in June.
July 31, 1998
Converting equipment
Best of Brand Design honored
Sponsored by the newly renamed Brand Design Assn., the 1998 Gold Awards competition honored outstanding package design from around the world.
July 31, 1998
Flexible packaging
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If you're looking for an edge--and who isn't?--there's a wealth of emerging technology available today that can help: (1) improve the quality of your product; (2) heighten your packaging line productivity; (3) reduce your packaging costs; and (4) improve your product sales/profitability.
July 31, 1998
Recycling
Paper companies wax eloquent about wax separation process
A new patented process that separates wax from corrugated cases is designed to make wax-coated boxes recyclable, and to provide supplemental fiber for paper mills.
July 31, 1998
Flow wrapping
Flexo savings are in the bag
Bake-Line Products lowers print and package development costs while shortening lead times by switching from gravure-printed pre-made bags to flexo-printed rollstock.
July 31, 1998
Cartoning
Adhesives help Chelsea Milling stick to quality
Two hot melts and one cold-glue adhesive are instrumental in allowing this Michigan miller to package more than a million cartons every day. Bundling and tray packing have been upgraded, too, and ink-jet printing of corrugated shippers is a big improvement.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
Frozen fish package is bait for consumers
Newport, KY-based StarKist Seafood, internationally known for its canned tuna, is entering a whole new category with its Seaside Gourmet(TM) premium-cut, frozen fish fillets.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
New England Extrusion 'blows' into WI
In March, Turners Falls, MA, film maker New England Extrusion opened a 34ꯠ sq' plant in Milton, WI. The plant includes two new extrusion/blown film manufacturing lines from Reifenho/oouser (Lawrence, MA).
July 31, 1998
Closures
Can Oberto turn dried meats to salty snacks?
Oberto Sausage Co. is counting on new package graphics to get consumers thinking "salty snack" instead of "dried meat" when they encounter Oberto's dried jerky in the store.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
Harry's launches branded-no-brands
Store-branded items in the supermarket continue to grab bigger and bigger chunks of market share once belonging to branded items. Harry's Fresh Foods of Portland, OR, has come up with a way of capitalizing on this ongoing trend.
July 31, 1998
Flexibles
Associations honor converters
Golden, CO-based Graphic Packaging Corp. won three Excellence Awards from the Paperboard Packaging Council (Alexandria, VA) for folding cartons, all made using the company's Composipac(TM) converting process.
July 31, 1998
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